Nelson Library hosts climate connections event.
Slocan River streamkeeper, Gregoire Lamoureux gets Conservation Leadership Award.
Pesticide Regulatory agency sticks with glyphosate.
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The Nelson Public Library and local climate groups are putting on a community reflection on climate and connected causes. That’s coming up on November 8th. Judith Fearing and George Chandler will tell us about connecting on big concerns we all share.
The Kootenay Conservation Program announced its Conservation Leadership Awards this month and Slocan Valley permaculture farmer Gregoire Lamoureux was honoured. He has been a big part of the Slocan River Streamkeepers work to protect the natural ecosystem along the river.
Back in March the Federal Court ruled the Health Canada Pesticide Management Agency had to review the science it uses to approve glyphosate for use on crops and forests. Glyphosate is by far the sprayed herbicide in the country and around the world, largely because it kills most plants with leaves. Glyphosate is detected in 80% of Canadians. The government has long been approving glyphosate as safe on food crops, but many of us have concerns, and new research linking glyphosate to disease is coming out all the time. And class action law suits. Mary Lou McDonald from SafeFoodMatters.org tells us about the issue.
COMING EVENTS
Wednesday Oct 22 9 am
Non-violent communication course
Mir Centre for Peace at Selkirk College
Mir Centre for Peace, 301 Frank Beinder Way, Castlegar, BC
Nonviolent Communication: Level 1 is a three-day compassionate communication skills training based on the life’s work of Marshall Rosenberg, and specifically, his book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Registration required.
https://selkirk.ca/nonviolent-communication-level-1
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Thursday, Oct 23 Noon
Webinar
LNG Unpacked: Affordability, Poverty reduction and Climate action.
The BC Climate Emergency Campaigh is hosting a webinar to look at the connections between BC’s LNG plans, the climate and affordability.
You can sign up for the free webinar at: https://bcclimateemergency.ca/events
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Sat, Oct 25, 2025, 5 – 9 p.m.
Friends of Kootenay Lake Summit
Harrop Hall, 6066 McConnell Rd, Nelson, BC V0G 1V0, Canada
This year’s theme for Friends of Kootenay Lake’s Summit is “Stewardship in Action”. They will be highlighting hands-on stewardship efforts around Kootenay Lake.
Enjoy a delicious locally prepared dinner while hearing expert talks: Robin Louie, who will talk about the extensive stewardship work of the Yakan Nukiy/Ktunaxa Nation; Jakob Dulisse a local wildlife biologist with a particular interest in amphibians, reptiles, and birds; and Andrea McKenzie a local volunteer stewarding Harrop’s Sunshine Bay Wetlands restoration project.
Enjoy live music by local artist Eva Tree and connect with other like minded people while supporting these important stewardship efforts.
There is an optional tour of the Sunshine Bay Wetlands before the summit at 4:00pm.
More details and tickets https://www.friendsofkootenaylake.ca/
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Saturday, November 8th. 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Nelson Public Library
Thriving Together: Connecting Communities, Health, and Environment
For the British Columbia Library Association’s Climate Action week, join the West Kootenay Climate Hub and Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health at the Nelson Public Library for an evening of food, and a community exchange about connecting big concerns we share.
It’s called Thriving Together: Connecting Communities, Health, and Environment and its a chance to explore the connections between climate and so many of the better life together issues we face in our modern times.
It’s free and everyone is welcome.
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